April 5, 2005

Kahn Artistry

I might have stumbled onto musical genius. Wait. I think its actually just talentless, dorky crap. Yeah. That's it. Anyway, I discovered Warp 11, a punk/hardcore band with...wait for it...a Star Trek obsession. No, I'm not making this up. I don't have that kind of imagination this early.

2001 saw Warp 11's debut release, Suck My Spock, which brought us instant classics like Wormhole, Montalban, and, of course, the stirring title track. The band's 2002 followup, Red Alert reaffirmed their place as the only best Star Trek hardcore/punk band in the universe, delivering knockouts like Suds Me Up Sulu, Warpcore On The Dancefloor, and Everything I Do (I Do With William Shatner). This year, Warp 11 returned, unleashing Boldly Go Down On Me. And how can you go wrong with songs like Rage Against The Federation, Give It Up For The Captain, and - my personal favorite - Set Your Phasers to Fuck?

To set the record straight, I do not own any of this stuff...nor am I planning to. Really. I swear. Don't look at me like that...

I'm actually really interested to hear a snippet of this stuff. Their fans seem to adore them, and if they are managing to still make cd's I wonder what that says...

I'l admit to having a little Star Trek in my blood. One of my favorite childhood memories is watching Farpoint, that very first night. Burned in my memory. As if the last show years and years later. So I'm dork, I accept this. It's not like i know how to speak Klingon, anymore at least. (that's really a language you have to use ot keep.)

Speaking of which, check out the Phenomenauts (cross Devo with the Stray Cats and grab the band members from your IT department)They played on G4's "The Screen Savers'" final show and I actually thought they rocked.

Wierd! ok... so really, though. Warp 11 is a Sacramento band, and well, guess what? I am from Sacramento! Get out! Anyway... I've had the pleasure, or shall I say displeasure, to have seen them a few times when they opened for my favorite local band The Brodys. Warp 11's music isn't bad... or at least the first quarter of any song you might hear... but then it gets to the point where you really just want them to stop. That's been my experience.

oh my god. i must tell my roommate about this band. i'm not sure how she feels about punk/hardcore, but she is a complete trekkie. she went to a trekkie convention in philadelphia, came back, and was like "omg i was in the same room with william shatner!!!". she practically cried when she found out that enterprise was being cancelled.)

The name is Cactus, Chris Cactus. I'm married to Beth Fish and for some strange reason the universe has entrusted me with two kids - The Mia Bean and Owen (who has yet to get a cool nickname that's stuck). I've made hats, painted houses, designed websites, and built networks for a living but now I'm your average IT security geek. I like my coffee black, my politics liberal, my music loud and my books, well, I just like books.